aid and abet
/ˌeɪd‿n̩ əˈbɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.41 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A bank employee was accused of aiding and abetting the gang of robbers."
- "In my future letters I shall perhaps take the opportunity to prove to you that the more men there are in a state, the more prosperous its commerce; I shall prove as easily, that as commerce flourishes, men increase; these two things necessarily aid and abet each other."
- "What oppressed Jude was the thought that, having done a wrong thing of this sort himself, he was aiding and abetting the woman he loved in doing a like wrong thing, instead of imploring and warning her against it."
- "Caught, red-handed, on the spot, in the very act of aiding and abetting the traitors against the Republic of France, the Englishman could claim no protection from his own country."
- "Moreover, "the superstitious" Fryer Lawrence—a figure of no higher moral standing than a "dronken gossyppe"—wilfully aids and abets the lovers [Romeo and Juliet] in their perfidious course of action, using the secret, even occultist, rituals of the Catholic Church to achieve his perverse ends."
- "Murder itself was not more sternly and certainly punished in the State of Maryland, than that of aiding and abetting the escape of a slave."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌeɪd‿n̩ əˈbɛt/
- British English: /ˌeɪd‿n̩ əˈbɛt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.